This story appears in the June 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In a fairy tale by the brothers Grimm, a pied piper’s music lures rats to their doom. What leads the mouselike creature ...

From oral stories from centuries ago to Disney’s beloved animated films, millions of children around the world have grown up fairy tales. This list of fairy tale retellings are ... a novella and a ...

The imagined worlds of fairy tales offer not only entertainment for children but also reflections on contemporary times. Polish writers such as Henryk Sienkiewicz, Eliza Orzeszkowa, Bolesław Prus, and ...

The result is a tale which little girls may like, but we believe boys usually prefer to keep their lessons and stories for separate occasions. The Rain-children. A Fairy-tale in Physics.

Spending a snowy afternoon with the incredibly talented cast of “Into the Woods Jr.” was a delight. The cast of young ...

With fans disappointed by recent fantasy shows, Stephen King's novel Fairy Tale and its TV adaptation could be the perfect ...

Ecological themes are deftly woven into The Last Wild Cat, which intersects with Maori myth and the ethics of animal rights. In its respectable villain, Professor Smoult, it challenges ideas of ...